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Several slips have been cleared off coastal roads in Coromandel after the recent devastating flooding.
But it will be take much longer to repair State Highway 25A, where 70 metres of the road has been completely washed away.
The landslide that sliced through SH25A in the Coromandel, pictured on 2 February. Photo: RNZ / Libby Kirkby-McLeod
Several homes have been evacuated at the small settlement of Koputauaki due to risk from a dam formed from debris.
The Mayor of Thames-Coromandel, Len Salt, spoke to Guyon Espiner.